Aerator and chumming device

Abstract

An aerator as disclosed for use in combination with a live bait bucket. The aerator includes a tank having an interior chamber with an outlet open to the interior chamber. The tank chamber is pressurized while a tube has one end fluidly connected to the outlet and the other end disposed in the bait bucket to thereby aerate the water contained in the bait bucket. The device is also usable as a chumming device in which an absorbent pad is connected to the free end of the tube. The pad may be either immersed in a fish attractant material or the tank partially filled with fish attractant material such that, with the absorbent pad disposed in the water the fish attractant material is dispersed through the absorbent pad.

I claim: 
     
       1. A chumming device comprising: a tank having an interior chamber and an outlet open to said interior chamber,   means for pressurizing said tank chamber,   a tube having one end fluidly connected with said outlet,   a fish attractant material housed inside said tank chamber, and   means for dispersing said fish attractant material and air from the other end of said tube.   
     
     
       2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said dispersing means comprises an absorbent pad attached to the other end of said tube, said absorbent pad being immersed in the fish attractant liquid. 
     
     
       3. The invention as defined in claim 1 and comprising valve means connected in series with said tube. 
     
     
       4. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said dispersing means comprises a second tube having one end fluidly connected to said tank outlet and its other end positioned adjacent a bottom of said tank, said second tube being contained in said tank chamber, said second tube having an opening formed through it adjacent said one end, and wherein said tank chamber is at least partially filled with said fish attractant liquid. 
     
     
       5. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said tank has an open top, and wherein said pressurizing means comprises an air pump having a cap which closes said tank top such that a portion of said pump is positioned within said tank chamber. 
     
     
       6. The invention as defined in claim 5 wherein said pump comprises a manually operated pump having a pump handle positioned exteriorly of said tank. 
     
     
       7. The invention as defined in claim 1 and comprising a pressure gauge fluidly connected to said tank chamber.